Comments on: Prof. David M. Scholer (1938-2008)

By: Patrick George McCullough

Patrick George McCullough — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 05:35:59 +0000

Peter, that is hilarious. Thank you so much for sharing. What a sense of humor that man had.

By: Peter Carino

Peter Carino — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 05:31:43 +0000

Pat,
I am a former student of David’s as well (MDiv 2000). I loved his courses and his love for rare books that you mentioned. On on occasion he mentioned an important 19th century Greek Grammar by the German theologian Winer (pronounced “Veener”), translated by Moulton. As it happened, I found a copy in a bookstore soon afterward. I brought it to his office and with glee in his eye he examined my copy. He then brought his copy off the shelf and compared it to mine, which was in much better condition. With a rye smile on his face he said, “Well Peter, it seems that your Winer is in better condition than mine.”

He was a giant of a man with the most gentle of spirits. His love of people was only surpassed by his love of God and His word! Enjoy your rest David.

By: Kent Harold Richards

Kent Harold Richards — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:45:31 +0000

To understand the exemplary qualities of David Scholer listen to almost any student David had ever taught. You did not need to ask the student about him because once a student knew you were a Biblical scholar/teacher they would ask if you knew David. Almost without permitting you to answer they would begin telling the stories of David’s pedagogy, scholarship, generosity, empathy, and the list of positive qualities exceeds the space I have to comment.

David was in the most extraordinary way a “gentleman and a scholar.” His voice and spirit remain with all of us who have had the good fortune of knowing him.

All of his colleagues in the Society of Biblical Literature hold him and his family in our thoughts and prayers.

By: Patrick George McCullough

Patrick George McCullough — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:59:40 +0000

Thanks for sharing, Judy. I think David had fond memories of his time in Australia–he told several stories in classes of his experiences there. It’s great to discover that someone I actually know experienced his teaching there!

By: Judy Redman

Judy Redman — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:28:53 +0000

Pat,

Thanks for putting this note up. David came to Melbourne (Australia) in 1989 and taught an intensive course in women in leadership in the early church which I attended on study leave as a reasonably newly ordained minister from a country parish. It was really good to go through in a systematic way biblical material that validated what I knew to be true in my own call. Several years later, a group of other women and I in another regional congregation worked through the video series that he and Jeanette did on the same issue – again a real validation of our roles in the church.

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